Dave Henderson

Simplex?

A tough challenge, what is the car in front of it? Looks like it was a sedan and may have had wood spoke wheels. The bumpers and beltline are clues that should help. Since both cars are ca. '29-'30'ish the Studebaker seems to be too beat up for this to be a picture from the depths of the depression but rather somewhat later.

Read 'em and weep.... Yup, hard to believe, Model A Duesenbergs for $35 to $100. Jan-Feb 1935 Kelley Wholesale Blue Book

Also resembles the '30 Commander Eight Regal brougham pictured in the Standard Catalog of American cars 1805-1942.

Some semblance to Jordan, ca. '29. The hood may have had the sides cut out and the radiator shell may be missing, can't tell for sure what the shiny thing where a cap would go is. Wheels with fine spokes could be right, perhaps the large hubcaps are from another car. Houses in the background are as dilapidated as the car, but what interesting architectural features.

The CCCA classic was advertised in a large city's leading newspaper and there lookers, but there was just one willing buyer. No one wanted to take it on as a project, accordingly It sold very reasonably. Desirable parts salvaged were made available and were quickly purchased at fair prices by buyers happy to have even found them. A much better result than having the complete project car go to the crusher.

The CCCA classic was advertised in a large city's leading newspaper and there lookers, but there was just one willing buyer. No one wanted to take it on as a project, accordingly It sold very reasonably. Desirable parts salvaged were made available and were quickly purchased at fair prices by buyers happy to have even found them. A much better result than having the complete project car go to the crusher.

This was my comment after editing, it was buried by incoming several posts during the moments the edit was being written. A couple cases in point about "it being the other way around" are; 1) A customized CCCA classic, bastardized using Lincoln, Oldsmobile and Ford parts, then neglected to the point where the engine had frozen and the body, stripped to the bare metal, was left out in the elements to rust all over. Still restorable, yes, but only as a labor of love and a sure financial disaster. The decision was made to part it out, and the yield resulting was 10 fold over the "whole car" price. 2) A Model A Ford incomplete restoration, still needing minor remaining body work, chrome, paint, and "some assembly needed". As has been discussed about project cars not being as appealing any more, this car would bring more parted out for its many new and restored elements than as a project. But more power to anyone taking on a difficult (aren't they all?) restoration knowing it is a labor of love.

Whoa, isn't it sometimes the other way around? Parting out in some instances makes more sense financially.

I learned lead work in the '40's from an artisan before plastic fillers came on the scene. Body lead was relatively cheap in the day but not now. Straightening by pick-and-file work without using filler was the most respectable way to repair then, whenever possible. Users of lead just as a short cut were dubbed "lead slingers". A variety of wood paddles of several sizes are needed if a number of different shapes are to be leaded, and they were kept from scorching by wiping them lightly in a tub of heated bees wax. On cars of the '30's and '40's especially, where there was original paint that failed in areas over leading it was due to traces of flux or other impurities leaching through miniscule pores in the lead. And the Vixen files would sometimes leave teeth marks that required multiple coats of primer. No wonder plastic took over.

Best wishes for you and your wife to happily return to Hershey in '24.

I recall one seen in Arlington, Va. on several occasions back in the day. for some reason I have always associated the name "Nash Atlantis" with this handsome design. Has anyone else heard that?

Sold, and going to a good home!

Some more grizzly; I have a blue leather upholstery button taken from the death seat of JFK's Lincoln five days after the assassination by F. V. Ferguson, President Kennedy's special mechanic, who went with the car everywhere JFK went.

'37's and '41's stand out in my mind. I like '41's the most, '39's the least.

I got the figures from The Production Figure Book for U.S. Cars by Jerry Heasley, showing there were 4,304 Club Coupes in '36, (but I can't recall ever seeing one). Also shown was 5 for '38. Maybe the'38's were leftover '37's.

This is a '37 Ford CLUB coupe, much rarer than 3 or 5 window coupes that had only a front seat, production was 12,683. I only recall ever seeing but one which belonged to a neighbor's son in the '60's. The first year of the Ford Club Coupe was '36, 4304 produced. It will be a labor of love for someone. its a '37 Frd

An interesting aspect in the history of this Cord is that the original owner, Col. Herb Gardner, made trips in it to Oak Island, Nova Scotia where pirate treasure is said to have been buried centuries ago. Legend has it that "seven must die" before it is found, and regrettably six actually have. The History Channel had a series entitled "The Curse of Oak Island" about it. (I've searched the remote crannies of the trunk to no avail, no gold found....)

I am planning to attend the Auburn Reunion but won't be bringing the Cord. Let me know if you would like to chat face to face about it there and a time to meet up can be arranged.

A picture of the tread might help.

Me too.

Ed, it was easy one time, we're way too late to the picnic. When I was at U. Va. in '49 there was a student named Hank Cone who had a DV32 Super Bearcat. Big battery behind the seat was always dead, I often helped push it to get it started. Decades later he turned up at a Model A Ford Club meeting and I asked him what ever became of the Bearcat. His answer was that it went to Chicago, for how much? $375. Did D. Cameron Peck snatch this one up? Maybe Walt will know.

If it was not built after 1971 it would not have a DOT code.

My Cord is indeed an Armchair Beverly. While at the ACD Reunion in 2002 it went through the certification process and received certification certificate no. 732813542 which described it as a 1937 Cord Model 812, Arm Chair Beverly. The description was further explained elsewhere in the certification booklet as follows; "Originally a rare model 810 Arm Chair Beverly, factory re-numbered as an 812 model". The booklet cover itself describes it as 1936 model 810/812, Lycoming V8, Arm Chair Beverly". Confused?

Al, I have a duplicate of the rear armrest from another car that could be installed. If someone wanted to replace the folding one in the front an authentic replacement could be fabricated. All other parts of the seats were not changed.